KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 -- The prosecution has applied to amend the first charge against former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng in the RM6.3 billion major roads and undersea tunnel corruption case.

Deputy public prosecutor Datuk Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin informed Sessions Court Judge Azura Alwi that the amendment involves dropping the word "received" from the charge.

"The law under Section 23 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Act 2009 does not specify whether a person receives or solicits a gratification; it merely requires that the gratification be for a purpose. The amount of RM3.3 million remains in the charge," he said.

Lim's lawyer, Ramkarpal Singh, objected to the application and stressed that the element of re...